Tuesday, February 8, 2022

A 'Regular' Texas Snow

I was looking back on my blog in February of the past few years and we've had snow 3 years in a row in February! So crazy as the snow in 2020 was Paige's first snow {at 3 years old}, and now we've had it 3 years in a row. It's also crazy to think about February 2020 and what we didn't know what right around the corner!

Paige's First Snow, February 2020

That pictures are kind of laughable but that's what our snow days used to look like ha. A little light dusting. You can also see what the kids are wearing - the extent of our 'winter gear'.

Then last year, we had not 1 but TWO winter storms - both of which had a lot of snow for Texas. The second one being insanely cold for Texas with more snow than I've ever seen at home. We lost power for hours on end over multiple days, we didn't have work or school for a week!


This year's snow looked more like 2020 but we had ice on the roads so the kids didn't have school. It was so little snow I didn't even take pictures of our yard!

We did hang out with the neighbors a lot, 
and I love that the kids got to use their New Mexico winter clothes again!

Monday afternoon - still a little bit of snow that needed to melt.

I wonder if having a winter storm every February is going to be normal for us? It's definitely fun to get a little snow every year, but I definitely don't want all the snow people up north get, ha!


Friday, February 4, 2022

Valentine's - Share Your Story

Ahead of Valentine's Day, I found a fun survey {you guys know how I feel about a survey} about Brent and me! It's been a hot minute since I did a survey, so I was missing them, ha!


First Date
: We went to see Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery in May of 1997 - what's funny is our official first date was after we were already boyfriend-girlfriend ha!

Age Difference: Brent is 2.5 months older than me

Interested First: Brent liked me first but pretty quickly after officially meeting, I was smitten!

Taller: Brent is 6'1" and I am 5'4"


Who Said I Love You First
: Brent did if I remember correctly, but I said it back immediately!

Most Impatient: Me - it takes a long time to to get Brent upset, I lose it on a regular basis. :/

Most Sensitive: Me by 1,000,000% - there's a personality test we take at work, and I am an Integrator, which means I value connections with people the most, so I have realized this means I take almost everything personally. I have had to work a lot to separate my personal feelings from pretty much everything!


Loudest
: Again...me! Brent is constantly telling me 'I'm right here, you don't need to talk so loud.' Ha!

Most Stubborn: Yup, again, me!

Falls Asleep First: If you mean, who goes to bed earlier, that's me. If you mean, who can literally fall asleep within 1 minute of their head hitting the people, that's Brent.

Cooks Better: I'd say Brent, but that would be him grilling. I do not enjoy cooking or coming up with meal ideas, so I love that he's a great grill master.


Better Morning Person
: Me (by a lot) mainly because I go to bed earlier on a consistent basis.

Better Driver: Brent - I don't think he's ever caused an accident in his life. I cannot say the same thing.

Most Competitive: I don't know that I'd say either of us are super competitive, but if I had to pick, I would say Brent.

Funniest: Brent has such a natural wit about him, he is truly so genuinely funny.


Where Do You Eat Out Most At?
: 2 local restaurants - Blue Corn Harvest {my pick} and 2020 Market {Brent's pick} or Chick-fil-A ha!

More Social?: I'm going to give this one to Brent. We both enjoy time with friends, but Brent can get stir crazy a lot faster than I can at home. I am almost always happy to be at home with a good book and a Chai!

Neat Freak?: I don't think either of us are 'neat freaks', but Brent is definitely cleaner than I am!

Who Picks Where You Go To Dinner?: We take turns!


Who Wears The Pants In The Relationship?
: I'm going to say it depends on the topic, ha. But if I had to pick, I'd say 60/40 Brent. I do defer to him on hard decisions.

Who Has More Tattoos?: Neither of us has any, but I want one!

Sings Better?: I am a TERRIBLE singer! Brent isn't great necessarily but it's hard to be worse than me.


Hogs The Remote?
: It isn't really hogging since I don't choose to watch as much TV, but Brent watches it the most.

Spends The Most?: Me!

Did You Go To The Same School?: Same 5th grade center and same high school, different everything else.

Our high school graduation

Furthest You Two Have Traveled?
: Our honeymoon to Turks & Caicos


Who Drives When You Are Going Somewhere Together?
: Depends on the situation - we both drive in different situations but Brent drives more often.

Post a picture of you and your valentine {which I did throughout oops ha}

One of my recent favorites!